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The following was contributed by Mick Roberts.
Thanks and congratulations Mick. My Shaw Classic race turned out as usual. No
wind, adverse current, so I sailed backwards until I pulled out!
August 10,
2001
Juan Mo' Time seems to be stuck in a second place
rut! Congratulations to my neighbor up north on the Pungo ... nice going, Paul
Bailey! Come on down to the Neuse. The Oriental Dinghy Club's fall invitational
is coming up Sept. 22 & 23. I'll be there and most likely so will Sea Shell
- Walt Brown's '78 23.
Back to other racing news, with one expert and one novice crew, Juan Mo' time
managed to eke out a second out of 38 boats in the Whortonsville Yacht and
Tractor Club's Solstice Sailabration. After winning three years ago with a ten
minute after slowest start, the race committee tacked on another eight minutes
(four more than Walt Brown's SJ 23). Conditions were very similar to three years
back when the wind died at the Neuse River entrance mark after we had passed it.
It was a delight to look back and see boats getting even smaller! By that time
there were only two boats in front of us ... a Sea Pearl (first to start) and a
Cape Dory 26 (third starter). The Sea Pearl decided to go dead downwind winging out the cat ketch rig. We
headed for the mark using a gps rhum line as did the Cape Dory. We managed to
pass the Sea Pearl and closed on the Cape Dory but the course was not quite long
enough (10 nm). Plenty of brewski and dead pig meat was consumed at the social after. Mick in Oriental -
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